Necktie or other article holder



Patented Dec. 20, 1932 I V UNITED; s'rn 'n-zs PATENT o ROBERT J. HICKS OF ROCHESTER, .NEW YORK nacx'rm on ornnn ARTICLE HOLDER Application m q reb ar'yis, 1932. Serial gm. 593,382, L. 1

This invention relates to necktie, or other out departing from the spirit or sacrificing article holders. any of the advantages of the invention. '9 i It is a custom of many men to hang necks In the drawmg: 7 V ties on door-knobs and other house fixtures Fig. l is a perspectiveview of the inven: and otherwise suspend them in anything but tion, illustrating the neckties suspended from 55 an orderly manner. When the neckties are the holder. p p suspended one over another on a door-knob, Fig. 2 isa top plan'view of the invention or other house fixture, it becomes necessary in supported position, with the neckties re to remove all of the neckties or a number of moved, and showing in dot ed lines a modi-' 10 them to select the necktie the user desires to fied'u'se of the invention. 60' wear. Some men place necktiesin a careless Referring now more particularly to the manner in bureau, or other, drawers, and the accompanying drawing, the reference charneckties become wrinkled and are difiicult of acter 1 indicates a wall or other support to selection when the user desires to select a which the necktie holder may be secured. necktie, for it frequently happens that some The holder is composed preferably of a 65 of the neckties are covered and hidden from single piece of material, preferably a rela View by the upper neckties in the drawers. tlvely stiff wire, and upper and lower mem- It is, therefore, one object of the present bers A andB, formed by bending or otherinvention to overcome the above recited diswise manipulating the material intermediate a advantages and to provide a necktie holder, its ends, as at 2, and which permits an up- 10 for home use, which is so constructed as to ward and downward and lateral yielding of rovide for the support of the neckties side the lower member B; i y side so that all of them may be readily The upper memberAincludesaplurality of seen and so that one necktie may be readily rearwardly directed wall or support-engagselected and removed from the holder withing portions 3, 4t, 5 and 6, with the rearwardly out removing or displacing other neckties. directed portion 4 provided with a relatively Another object of the invention is toproshort upwardly directed loop 7 to receive vide a necktie or other article, holder Whi h a tack or other suitable fastening 8 which is can be economically produced for home, or driven into the wall or other s pport to s'e store use, or for displaypurposes in stores, cure/the holder in a substantially horizontal 80 and which may be readily supported from position on the wall or support 1, against a wall or other support to suspend neckties turning or tilting movement, and, if desired, out of engagement with the wall or other the rearwardly directed portion 6 maybe support to which the holder may be secured. provided with an eye 9 adapted to receive a A still further object of the invention is to fastening (not shown) to cooperate with the 85 provide a holder particularly adapted for the fastening 8 to secure the holder in position support of neckties and which is ornamental against turning or tilting movement. 7 "i and, while adapted particularly for home The rearwardly directed wall or supportuse, it embodies such characteristics as to be engaging portions 3, 4 and i i 5 are shown as serviceable for the display of necktles 1n ibeingfOrInGdby kinks or, bends in the upper 90 stores. member A; and are of V-shape, having rear- With these and other ob ects 1n view, the wardly converging portions, but it is obvious invention consists in the novel construction, that t'hese 'kinks or bends or rearwardly H;

combination and arrangement of parts hereected portions may be otherwise formed inafter fully described, illustrated in the acth f V h3 or having t erg ng 95 companying drawing, and pointed out in the sidesso long as they engage the wall or supclaims hereto appended, it being understood 'port 1 for the purpose of maintaining the that various changes in the form, proportion straight portions 10, 11 and'l2 of the upper and minor details of construction, within the member A, and consequently the lower meniscope of the claim, may be resorted to with- "her B, spaced from the wall or support 1. 1 00 Fig. 2.

through said throat.

, upturned end 15 tendenc As illustrated in the drawing, the lower member B is deflected laterally outwardly on an incline with relation to the support 1 and the straight portions 10, 11 and 12 of the u per member A and it is on this lower member B that the neckties G, or other articles, are supported.

The: lower member B of the holder is provided with a plurality of spaced kinks or bends 13 and these kinks or bends are preferably equi-distantly spaced, as shown, so as to provide seat portions 14: for the neckties C between the kinks or bends.

The outer end of the lower, member B of the holder is preferably directed upwardly, as at 15, and, if desired, and particularly for ornamental purposes, it may be provided with an eye 16. I I 7 While the upper and lower members A and B are preferably connected together by means of a suitable bight portion 2, which constitutes a suspension bend and which connection maybe other than that shown, as previously stated, the opposite ends of the members A and B are normally spaced apart to provide a throat 17 to permit of the passage of the neckties G between the members A and B Should the holder fastening means become loosened and the holder swing, turn or tilt downwardly, with the end portion of the holder dipping downwardly, the neckties might slide out of their seats on theupper member A but in such an event they would be caught and held by the of the lower member B, and dislodgment of the neckties from the holder. If desired, the eye 16 of the upturned part 15 of the lower member B may be lifted and sprung against the inner surface of the member A between the rearwardly directed portions 5 and 6 of the upper member A. The terminal portion 6 at the free end of the upper member is arranged at an angle to the outer side of the Qdjfi-CQIIlYV? shaped wall abutting loop or. bend 5 to form a keeper loop into which the upturned terminal portion 15 of the lower member may be sprung as indicated in dotted lines in Fig.2 of the drawing. The lower member B normally assuming the full line position shown in Fig. 2 and being yieldable from the bight portion 2, it will be stated that when the upwardly turned portion 15 of member A is lifted so as to present the eye 16 thereof against the inner side of the member A between the rearwardly directed portions 5 and thereby prevent or support 1 to position the eye said throat is closed when the eye 16 is engaged with the member A, as stated. To obviate manipulation of the holder, it is found that, in practice, it is preferable to use the holder as shown in Fig. 1 but this modification of the invention maybe advantageous or desirable of use by certain users of the holders. It is believed that it will be clear that when the lower member B is sprung toward the wall 16 against the rear sideof the member A between the rearwardly directed portions 5 and 6 of the mem- ---ber'-A, the-yieldability of the member B crev of the eye 16 against the "inner' side of 'themember ates a tight binding A but, obviously, this tight binding engagement canbe readily released by the user of the holder when it is desired to remove or replace a necktie on the holder. J v

It willbe understood that the bends 1 3 may be formed otherwise than as shown. There are various other ways in which raised portions, such as the bends 13, and the seats 14:, may be formed. do not wish to be confined to the specific form of bends 13 and seats 14: and will depend upon the scope of the appended claim to cover bends other than those asshownat 14. I h

It will also be understood that the wire holder is dipped or otherwise treated to a solution for ornamental purposes and that the holder may be colored in various ways for ornamental purposes.

WVhat is claimed is:

A holder for neckties, or other articles, composed of a single piece of material bent upon itself to provide upper and lower members and a connecting suspension bend at one end of the members, the other ends of the members being free and normally unconnected, the upper member having rearwardly extending central and terminal wall abutting approximately V-shaped loops, the central wall abutting loop being bent upwardly at anangle to provide an attaching portion and the free end of. the .upper 'member being extended from the outer side of the adjacent wall abutting loop to form a keeper loop to receive the free end of the lower member, said lower member having spaced depressionstoreceive and space neckties or other articles; 7

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of February, 1932.

ROBERTTJ. HICKS.

6, the eye is held firmly against the inner side V of the member A by virtue of the normal of the lower member B to spring outwar ly When the eye 16is thus engaged with the member A and there being a tilting movement of the holder, it is obvious that the neckties cannot, under any circumstances, slide through the aforesaid throat because to the full line position shown in 

